Exactly my point. As proven time and time again through the 20th century by the like of Lenin, Castro, Mao, Sankara, Cabeçadas, Papadópoulos, Castelo Branco and others, an armed takeover restablishing order and gaining territorial control is the quickest path to freedom and democracy. /s
When you have no territorial control, you need to grab back the territorial control, and fight any armed groups that oppose resistance.